Museum of Broadcast Communications

The Museum of Broadcast Communications is a nonprofit institution in Chicago, Illinois, devoted to collecting, preserving, and exhibiting historic and contemporary radio and television content.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum
  • Address: 440 West Randolph Street, Chicago, IL 60606

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ogilvie Transportation Center and Civic Opera House.

Railway station
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The Richard B. , also known as Chicago OTC, and located on the site of the former Chicago and North Western Terminal, is a commuter rail terminal in downtown Chicago, Illinois, United States. is situated 440 feet southwest of Museum of Broadcast Communications.

Theater building
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The , also often mistakenly referred to as the Lyric Opera House, is an opera house located at 20 North Wacker Drive in . The Civic's main performance space, named for Ardis Krainik, seats 3,276, making it the second-largest opera auditorium in North America, after the . is situated 900 feet southeast of Museum of Broadcast Communications.

Railway station
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is an intercity and commuter rail terminal located in the West Loop neighborhood of the of , United States. is situated 2,200 feet south of Museum of Broadcast Communications.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fulton River District and Loop.

Neighborhood
The is a neighborhood located on the edge of the city's downtown, northwest of the Loop. The district is bounded by the to the east, the Kennedy Expressway to the west, Ohio Street to the north and Madison Street to the south, making it part of the and community areas of Chicago in , , United States.

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The is the central business district of , bounded by the Chicago River to the north and west, Harrison Street to the south, and Lake Michigan to the east.

Neighborhood
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is a social and dining district, located on the of . Today, consists mostly of restaurants and businesses, although a cultural museum and an annual parade and festival still remain in the neighborhood.

Museum of Broadcast Communications

Latitude
41.8846° or 41° 53′ 5″ north
Longitude
-87.63932° or 87° 38′ 22″ west
Open location code
86HJV9M6+R7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13656590196
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q840284
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Japanese—“Museum of Broadcast Communications” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “全国广播名人堂”
  • Chinese: “全國廣播名人堂”
  • Chinese: “广播通讯博物馆”
  • Chinese: “廣播通訊博物館”
  • Dutch: “Museum of Broadcast Communications”
  • Esperanto: “Muzeo de Elsendaj Komunikadoj”
  • Finnish: “Museum of Broadcast Communications”
  • Finnish: “The Museum of Broadcast Communications”
  • French: “Museum of Broadcast Communications”
  • German: “Museum of Broadcast Communications”
  • Greek: “Μουσείο Ραδιοτηλεοπτικών Επικοινωνιών”
  • Japanese: “放送通信博物館”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Park at 150 N Riverside and Boeing Building.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Canal & Randolph and Randolph Place Lofts.

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